[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]William Zanzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll
With a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger
At a Baltimore hotel society gath’rin’
And the cops were called in and his weapon took from him
As they rode him in custody down to the station
And booked William Zanzinger for first-degree murder
But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears
Take the rag away from your face
Now ain’t the time for your tears
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The story I took out of the newspaper and I only changed the words. It’s, er… ..Well, I changed, er… the reporters view into… I used it I used it for something I wanted to say, er, and I used his view, the Maryland reporters view to get at what I wanted to say and turn it that way. And I used a true story, that’s all. I could have used a made-up story.
~Bob Dylan (to Steve Allen – Feb. 1964)[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Performances:
- 128 times acoustic w/ band – top year 2003 (17 times)
- 62 times acoustic – top year – top year 1988 (16 times)
- 104 times w/band – top year 1975 (18 times)
– - First played: Oct 26, 1963, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
- Last performance: Oct 20, 2012, Power Balance Pavilion, Sacramento, CA
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